Barriers for BSN students to pursue a PhD in nursing and recommendations to address them: A scoping review.

Background: Increasing the BSN-PhD pipeline could address the shortage of nursing faculty to conduct research, develop nursing science, and train new nurses and faculty.

Purpose: To identify barriers to BSN students' pursuit of PhD education, and to compile recommendations to increase their numbers.

Methods: This scoping review follows PRISMA guidelines, including articles in English that discussed barriers to BSN students' pursuit of PhD education and recommendations to address them.

Promoting the Future of Nursing by Increasing Zest for Research in Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Nurses are expected to deliver cost-effective, high-quality care. In order to provide this care, nurse researchers are needed to evaluate and research effective health care models and interventions. By including research concepts within a baccalaureate nursing program, interest in nursing research can be increased.

Preconception Health Behaviors of Low-Income Women.

Purpose: Preconception behaviors have a significant impact on birth outcomes, particularly among low-income minority groups, and women with unplanned pregnancies. This study examined women's perceived health status and behaviors such as drinking, smoking, exercise, and use of multivitamins and folic acid.

Study Design And Methods: This was a descriptive study based on a convenience sample of women living in urban underserved neighborhoods.

Women's Knowledge of Ovulation, the Menstrual Cycle, and Its Associated Reproductive Changes.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine women's knowledge of female reproduction-anatomy, hormones and their functions, ovulation, the menstrual cycle and its associated reproductive changes, conception, and signs of pregnancy.

Methods: A survey was completed by 125 women of childbearing age as part of a larger "Women's Health Promotion Program." Descriptive statistics, mainly univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted using STATA 13.

A Feasibility Study of Women's Confidence and Comfort in Use of a Kit to Monitor Ovulation.

Introduction: The focus of this study was to examine whether low-income adult women will use ovulation test strips, a menstrual calendar chart, thermometer, temperature graph, and cervical mucus assessment to monitor their ovulation time and other menstrual changes. Women's confidence in their ability to detect ovulation time and understand the menstrual cycle changes were also examined.

Methods: This is a descriptive study.

Impact of Integrating Community-Based Participatory Research Into a Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum.

Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is rapidly gaining respect within the health care community as a means to promote public health and address health disparities. It has also recently been named as one of the competencies needed by public health professionals to be effective.

Method: This article describes an educational innovation where CBPR is integrated into a baccalaureate nursing curriculum as a strategy to create meaningful learning experiences for nursing students while benefitting the health of the community.

Embedding Research in Undergraduate Learning Opportunities.

As a means of promoting scholarship, faculty are increasingly including undergraduate nursing students as team members in faculty-led research projects. Research involvement is a high-impact educational practice that enhances student engagement and retention rates and enables the reflection and integration of learning. The purpose of this article is to describe the benefits and innovative ways of directly involving undergraduate nursing students in faculty-guided research projects.

Late Recognition of Unintended Pregnancies.

Objective: Late recognition of pregnancy and unintended pregnancy has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and admission to neonatal care. This study examined the factors associated with late recognition of pregnancy among women reporting unintended pregnancy.

Design And Sample: A secondary analysis of a population-based survey, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System of the United States.

Contraceptive use among low-income women living in medically underserved neighborhoods.

Objective: To describe the rate of contraceptive use and types of contraception used by low-income women.

Design: A descriptive study was used to survey women about their contraceptive use and sexual behaviors 12 months prior to the time of the interview.

Participants And Setting: A convenience sample of 110 low-income women living in three urban medically underserved neighborhoods who enrolled in a larger study was included.

Low-income women's recommendations for promoting early pregnancy recognition.

Introduction: This study explored low-income women's perspectives on how to promote early recognition of pregnancy as one strategy to address community residents' concerns related to unintended pregnancy. Unintended pregnancy, which is more prevalent among low-income women and minorities, has been associated with various adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: This study used the ideological perspective of community-based participatory research.

Promoting individualized breastfeeding experiences.

Breastfeeding is beneficial for the baby and the mother, but is yet to be successfully practiced by newly delivered women as proposed in the Healthy People 2020 goal. Most breastfeeding education during the prenatal or postpartum period provides adequate information for interested women. However, mothers need individualized client-professional interactions and follow-up after hospital discharge.

Time from pregnancy recognition to prenatal care and associated newborn outcomes.

Objective: To examine the relationship between newborn outcomes and late prenatal care initiation after recognition of pregnancy.

Design: Secondary data analysis of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS) data for the United States.

Setting: Twenty-nine states.

Time of pregnancy recognition and prenatal care use: a population-based study in the United States.

Background: A woman who does not recognize her pregnancy early may not initiate prenatal care early. This study examined the relationship between the time of pregnancy recognition and the time of initiation of prenatal care, and the number of prenatal visits among women of childbearing age.

Methods: This study analyzed the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS) data for the United States.

Late recognition of pregnancy as a predictor of adverse birth outcomes.

Objective: We examined the relationship between the time of recognition of pregnancy and birth outcomes, such as premature births, low birthweight (LBW), admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and infant mortality.

Study Design: A secondary analysis was performed using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS) multistate data from 2000-2004. The sample consisted of 136,373 women who had a live childbirth.

Utilization of home pregnancy testing among women at risk for unintended pregnancy.

Purpose: We sought to determine whether a brief intervention increased home pregnancy test utilization among women at risk for unintended pregnancy.

Methods: The intervention included education, consultation with a nurse, and the provision of a free home pregnancy test kit. Participants were 35 women aged 18-39 years from a Medicaid population who were having unprotected intercourse and who were not trying to conceive.

Self-testing for pregnancy among women at risk: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: The timing of pregnancy recognition affects early pregnancy and the timing of prenatal care. Little research has been done on how to make women at risk more alert to the possibility of pregnancy.

Design: The study was an RCT performed and analyzed between 2006 and 2007.

Reasons for unprotected intercourse in adult women.

Background: Despite the increased availability of contraception, unprotected intercourse and unintended pregnancy are common among adult women. We sought to identify reasons why adult women at risk of unintended pregnancy have unprotected intercourse.

Methods: A comprehensive search of electronic databases of MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PSYCHOINFO, from 1995 to 2005, was conducted.

Epidemiology and prevention of unintended pregnancy in adolescents.

Recent declines in adolescent pregnancy are encouraging, but current rates are still too high. Pregnancy prevention is a complex issue in the adolescent population, but much has been learned about effective interventions. Clinicians can and must play a key role in adolescent pregnancy prevention.